Title:
The bully pulpit : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of journalism
Author:
Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2013.
Physical Description:
xiv, 910 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
A dynamic history of the muckracking press and the first decade of the Progressive era as told through the intense friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft--a close relationship that strengthens both men before it ruptures in 1912 when they engage in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination that cripples the progressive wing of the Republican Party, causing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to be elected, and changing the country's history.
Language:
English
Contents:
Hunter returns -- Will and Teedie -- Judge and the politician -- Nellie Herron Taft -- Edith Carow Roosevelt -- Insider and the outsider -- Invention of McClure's -- "Like a boy on roller skates" -- Governor and Governor General -- "That damned cowboy is President" -- "The most famous woman in America" -- "A mission to perform" -- Toppling old bosses -- "Thank Heaven you are to be with me!" -- "A smile that won't come off" -- "Sitting on the lid" -- American people reach a verdict -- "Cast into outer darkness" -- "To cut Mr. Taft in two!" -- Taft boom, Wall Street bust -- Kingmaker and king -- "A great stricken animal" -- A self-inflicted wound -- St. George and the dragon -- "The parting of the ways" -- "Like a war horse" -- "My hat is in the ring" -- "Bosom friends, bitter enemies" -- Armageddon --
Corporate Subject:
ISBN:
9781416547860
9781416547877
Format :
Book
